Letter: Here are the Democrats' women

In his April 25 letter ("Where are the Democrats' Women?") Ted Smith asks why Democrats don't require that half their party chairpeople be women, as the Republicans do. The answer: We Democrats have been just too busy to keep up appearances with superficial rules for our party's figureheads.

"Too busy with what?" you might wonder.

We're too busy voting for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which says companies must pay women equal wages for equal work. We're too busy passing the Violence Against Women Act to punish domestic violence offenders for crimes against women (and men, too). We're too busy having Bill Clinton sign the Family and Medical Leave Act (1993), so that mothers-to-be on maternity leave can keep their jobs. We're too busy having our presidents appoint the most women to the U.S. Supreme Court. We're too busy electing the most women to Congress. And most of all, we're too busy receiving the most votes from American women in presidential races (55 percent in the last election).

In short, we're too busy advancing a hospitable society for women while the Republicans fight all of these efforts. And there aren't enough vice-chairwomen in the whole country to make up for that.

Anthony J. Otten

Erlanger

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Letter: Here are the Democrats' women

In his April 25 letter ('Where are the Democrats' Women?') Ted Smith asks why Democrats don't require that half their party chairpeople be women, as the Republicans do. The answer: We Democrats have